The following comment I posted in response to someone suggesting, no matter how rational we think we are, we are still “stupid”.
I also note that there is a strange suggestion that, no matter how much you try to become rational, you’ll always be “stupid”. Image if the notion of being fit was treated the same way.
“Yeah, you’ve spent years working off the fat, and you can run a marathon every week, but you’re still weak. And suggesting you are in shape is encouraging a ‘fitness cult’. Who are you to say you are in shape?”
Those who have spent years honing their rationality can rightfully say they are more rational than others in the same way athlete can say they are in better shape than others without suggesting that makes them more valuable or superior in other ways.
If you have made an honest assessment that you have made much rational improvement, don’t resort to calls to self-deprecate and call yourself ‘stupid’. There are cognitive limits just as there are physical limits, but the fact that you can’t run 100km does not mean you are unfit any more than making fewer mistakes in rationality than the bulk of the population makes you ‘stupid’.
Be proud of your physical and rational successes. Use those successes to encourage others to get into physical and rational shape.
philozovee 